Travel Blogs from Debrecen

... while. This pond was English breakfast tea coloured and I felt just like a tea bag floating around. Darren was not in too long before heading to the colder pond. Had his hot pond face on, which is much like his hot bus face.

The next day we went to the AquaPark next door and dam what a crazy place. I can explain it all here just google Hajduboszormeny and have a look yourself.

... of bed this morning I decided I'd go see Debrecen for a few hours then relax the rest of the day. Debrecen has a fair number of events on throughout the year, but little in the way of an ongoing, day to day tourist industry. This suited me perfectly. I managed to find an online walking tour which I followed to see the key buildings. There's some beautiful architecture around here. The place seems to be a university town, ...

... I know next to nothing about other than that it's the second largest city in Hungary. I don't think there's too much to do here, which suits me fine. I have my own room and my own bathroom. I have no qualms about doing a brief explore tomorrow and then enjoying the rare opportunity for privacy.

I also need to walk off the dinner I just had. I found a nearby burger place, but couldn't read the menu so I did the ...

... and went together to the trip where we got a real-life feel of farm life and the cattle herding on the Hungarian putszas (plains). Ildikoa and I even got to ‘ride’ one of the horses led by rather a spunky ‘herdsman’.

Things that Hilli learns about Hungary: - Hungarian bikers always wave or salute the Raven - the plain is long, big and flat and the skies are very wide - almost nothing else gets grown except sunflowers or corn - loads of GM crops seem to be planted as part of a regional trial - the soil is very dark and rich - the people are kind and friendly - there IS wool to be found, a choice of six different balls in Szolnok - Guy chooses a raspberry-coloured one to remind him of the ...